Safiyya bint Huyayy

Safiyya bint Huyayy (610-670) was one of the wives of Muhammad and the daughter of Banu Nadir chief Huyayy ibn Akhtab and Barra binte Samawal.

Biography
Safiyya was born in 610, the daughter of the Jewish tribal chief Huyayy ibn Akhtab and Barra binte Samawal. In 625, her family was expelled from Medina, and they fled to the Khaybar Oasis, where her father and brother were slain in 627 at the Battle of Khaybar by the Muslims. Muhammad, the Muslim leader, took Safiyya as his wife; she was veiled and declared his wife (and not a slave), and she converted to Islam. Muhammad had her respond to racists that "Aaron is my father, Moses my uncle, and Muhammad my husband", which would stop anti-Semites from harassing her. After Muhammad's death, she supported Uthman, and she slid him food and water down a plank between their houses when Uthman was besieged by Ali's followers in 655. She died around 670.